Disgraced funnyman Bill Cosby, who is being retried in a bombshell rape case on charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted Andrea Constrand, may be facing 19 other accusers if prosecutors have their way.

The first trial, as CrimeOnline reported, ended in a hung jury which necessitated the need for a new trial. In the initial trial, the judge permitted only one other Cosby accuser, Kelly Johnson, to testify before jurors. Prosecutors had sought to enlist the aid of 13 other accusers to establish a pattern of sexual assault.

The same magistrate, Judge Stephen T. O’Neill, who is also presiding over the retrial, never elaborated on his reasoning to allow only one other accuser to testify.

But now, NBC reports that in the midst of a national uproar over sexual assault, the prosecutors have asked the judge to allow 19 alleged victims to make their statements in court.

In a court motion presented to the judge, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele wrote: “This evidence is relevant to establish that an individual who, over the course of decades, intentionally intoxicated women in a signature fashion and then sexually assaulted them while they were incapacitated, could not have been mistaken about whether or not Ms. Constand was conscious enough to consent to the sexual contact.”